Wed, 18 Dec, 2013 04:36:48 AM FTimes Report, December 18  Share (%) of persons aged 55 to 74 among employed persons in 1987 to 2011, preliminary data in 2012*, and share (%) among total population 1987–2012. Source: Statistics Finland. Some 19.6% of all employed persons were aged 55 to 74, said preliminary data from Statistics Finland's employment statistics for the year 2012.
Those in the baby boom generation were aged between 63 and 67 in 2012. Around 62,000 of them, or 16%, were still employed, the data says.
The age distribution of employed persons has centred on older age groups particularly since the early 2000s along with baby boomer generations.
The share of persons belonging to the 55-74 age-group has risen in nearly all examined years from 1987 to 2012.
The growth in the share has accelerated particularly from 2000 onwards, when the first baby boomers (born in 1945 to 1949) became 55 years old.
Share (%) of employed persons among those aged 55 to 74 by gender in 1987 to 2011 and preliminary data in 2012*. Source: Statistics Finland. From 1987 to 2008, the share of employed persons in the 55-74 age-group has been larger for men than for women. The difference was at its biggest in 1988 – 6.5%.
In the last four of the examined years, the share grew larger for women than for men. The share of employed persons in the age group was 0.9% higher for women than men.
In all, 34.7% of women aged 55-74 and 33.8% of men were employed.
Employment rate of persons aged 55-74 was highest in Åland. The employment rate was highest in the municipalities of Åland: in Sottunga it was 51.5%, Kumlinge 48.2% and Jomala 47.7%.
In Mainland Finland, the employment rate of the age group was highest in Vöyri at 43.3%, Mustasaari 42.8% and Pornainen 42.6%. A total of 16 of the municipalities with the highest employment rates for the age-group were either Swedish-speaking or bilingual.
Employment rates were lowest in Kivijärvi 20.8%, Kuhmoinen 24.2% and Kaavi 24.4%.
Employment rates of people aged 18-64 were also highest in the municipalities of Åland. In Mainland Finland, the highest 82.5% was in Mustasaari, Pedersöre 81.4% and Masku 80.5%.
Employment rates were lowest in this group in Lieksa 54.9%, Salla 55.2% and Rautavaara 55.5%.
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